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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1928-05-24, Page 6Green Tea drinkers do notknow the Bill eniay trent of Green Tea unless they use " $AI.AAA" Green -4W very choicest variety, blended to per- 'Notion—packed i i air.tisht metal to protect the flavour -'-Sells for only 38c per IN--Alsk for it at any grocer's. GREENT!A $01 =.l Il » i. k Vii: \A& 11 h1iE B'Y' er rSomeYf c to a 'y= Go,Qyii hl Iq' NEA Sei`vice Inas Btu 11 �rtn� t� �LJ�r �r�a► BEGIN HERE TODAY John Ainsley, a plan of education and breeding, becomes a master crook -preying upon other thieves. At a resort hotel, Kernochan, a wealthy re- tired broker, shows Ainsworth a large ruby ring, a present to his daughter upon her engagement to Ernest Van - tine, a detective. The jewel Kerne- ellen acquired in settling a claim against the estate of Henry Adams, Boston millionaire. The deal appears on the surface to have been a swindle. Ainsley obtains a paste copy of the ruby front Adams' elderly widow and drives to the Kernochan estate at Greenwich. The ICernochans think Ainsley is a millionaire. Miss Kerno- chan shows him the ring again. Just then the lights in the house go out. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY I made some reply, trying to keep nay voice from shaking. For under cover of the darkness I was substitut- me retain the ring. I could have slip- ped it out of my pocket at any time dur'ing this past quarters of an hour, but I had been certain that we would find the paste copy. And then, just as I was tightening my muscles, pre- pared to fight my way out of the situation from which wit had failed to extricate me, Kernochan cried out in excitement. Ile was wearing an in- formal sort of evening dress, a baggy affair of heavy material, the dinner suit of a man who wishes to accent the difference between night and day, but who also wishes to be extremely com- fortable. The soft material had cuffs on sleeves and trousers, and into one of these latter my paste ring had fal- len. Kernochan bent over : and re- trieved it. There was an embarrassed silence, during which my pulse stood still. Then Vantine grinned feebly. mg the paste ring which Mrs. Adams "1 beg your pardon, Mr- Ainsley," had so sweetly paned me, for the he said sheepishly. Grand Duke's ruby. I stared at him. I fear that it can- „ * 5 5 not be granted," I said stiffly. I turn- ed to m• ho "You the'will forgive But in the darkness my fingers were �'g t e mo clumsy. True, I managed to put the if, under circumstances, I am genuine stone in my waistcoat pocket, lfour Id to withdraw emyn acceptance of but the imitation slipped from my' your invitation to spend the night." grasp, and fell upon the table. It was a situation to which Iierno- "What was that?" asked Miss Ker -Khan was unequal. He had been just (a u i nochan nervously as the ring hit the s s sp cions of me as his prospective table -top. son-in-law, and he had not the tact "I dropped your ring; I am sorry," I replied. As I spoke the lights came on again. The ring was not upon the table. For a moment there was silence; then Vantine's pop eyes grew hard. "I don't see the ruby, Mr. Ainsley," he said suspiciously. "It must be upon the floor," I re- plied. I tried to keep my voice steady, but failed lamentably. At any rate, Vantine crossed the room, and before I realized his intention, had locked the one door of the room. "It will have to be on the floor," he said. I stared at him, "What do you mean?" I demanded. "Nothing -if the ring is on the floor," he retorted. I will say for the Kernochans that they were embarrassed by the sudden situation. Tho daughter spoke. "Of course it's on the floor, Ernest. We'll "A sneak thief would collect no - find it-" thing." "You bet we will," assented Van - tine. I had not liked him before; I hated him now. Yet, trying to assume an air of injured innocence, I joined their search. And there was no make- believe in my aid. I knew that unless one of us found the imitation ring, I would not bo permitted to leave this house, I would be searched, and that Wright he dangerous. Yet after fifteen minutes in which all four of us had combed the ruga and the corners of the room, Vantine straightened up. "Well, we've given you a fair chance, Ainsley," he said. "Now we'll really look for it.' He advanced to- ward ate. I blustered, but he cried me down, be searched here or at the police sta- llis hands were reaching for me, and tion?" 1 nursed the greediness that had made I flatter myself that it is in mo- ments like this that I rise to my great- est heights. I simulated a weary con- tempt. I walked across the room, and if my brain seethed with wrath at myself because I had been fool enough to think that the imitation could de- ceive people who had held the original in their hands a moment before, I de not believe that my face reflected my thoughts. Upon the table lay a vanity bag that Miss Kernochan had carried. I put myself between my three accusers and the table, half turning, as I did so, My right hand was hidden from. their view for less than a quarter of a sec- ond, yet that was time enough for me to effect a transfer of the Grand Duke's ruby from my waistcoat pocket to the vanity bag. Then, contemptu- ously facing them all, I told Vantine to search me. 4 w 1' e * An hour later Vantine gave it up. He had summoned the butler, sent hits fiancee from the room, and the three men had stripped Inc. Failing to dis- cover the authentic ring, they had re- peatedly searched the room. But Miss Kernochan had taken her vanity bag with her when she left the room. I could only pray that in the excitement she would forget to powder her nose• And when at Iength Vantine and Ker - wherewith to meet my attitude. He looked helplessly at Vantine. I also looked at Vantine. "Unlock the door," I ordered the detective. He shrugged, flushed more redly, and walked to the door. The key was almost in the lock when his fiancee screamed. "This isn't my ruby," she cried, * e 4 * For all his clumsy bulk, Vantine was quick of movement. Key in hand, he leaped to her side, "It's an imi- tation," he declared. He glared at me. "Very elever-almost clever enough, my sneakthief i But you're dealing with Ernest Vantine. Now, will you The coot, comforting flavor of WRIGLEY'S Spearmint is a lasting pleasure. `It cleanses the mouth after eating...gives a clean taste and sweet breath. digestion lq ref4'petst?,^ing' and digestion aiding. ISSUE No. 20-'28 This Early Bird Gets Milk Instead of Worm Renton, Wash, -.A weeclpecker here beats the famous early bird - and ,gets a drink et ereenr. This was discovered by Mrs, H. E. W11. son when, after repeatedly ending' a hole 1a her milk bottle caps for some weeks, with choice cream missing, she arose early and peek. ed from the window as Boon as the milk had been left. A brown ilicicer alighted on the porch, carefully drilled a hole through the cap and sucked the cream from the top and then flew: off, nochan despaired of finding the ring they sent the butler for the young wo- man. In my presence they held a council of war, and the upshot , of their conversation was that Vantine started for the telephone, to, call the police. Speaking mildly, I stopped him. "Of course you understand," I said, "that I shall bring suit for criminal slander and for false imprisonment. It seems to me that a man in my posi- tion ought to be able to collect sub- stantial damages -say, a quarter of a million." "A damned sneak -thief would col- lect nothing," snarled Vantine, Yet he paused. "Quite true," said I. "But we are not discussing a criminal; we are dis- cussing a gentleman of position." "Youhave that ring; at least, you know where it is," declared Vantine, "It didn't vanish into thin air. And this is paste." He indicated the copy which lay upon the card table. "And aside from the large sum Which I shall certainly collect as dam- ages," I went only calmly, "there is something else to be considered. You are the head of a famous detective agency which bears your name, If you declare that I have stolen a ring In your very presence, and are unable to prove the theft -and you can only prove it by finding the ring -what sort of an advertisement will it be for. your agency?" L1et this sink in; I enjoyed the ex- pression on Vantine's face.' Pop -eyed sten should never permit themselves to look angry. They are unbeautiful at best, and at their worst they are extremely offensive. "You don't think we're going to let you go?" blustered Vantine. "I don't think it; I know it," I re- plied. "And if this nonsense ceases at once, I shall let the natter drop. Otherwise-" My pause was a threat. I saw the cunning in Vantine's eyes. Yet I despised hint so thoroughly that I underrated his abilities. He whis- pered a moment with Kernochan, but I thought that they were merely argu- ing the advisability of risking the suit which I threatened to bring, So, when Vantine turned to me and gruffly stated that I was at liberty to leave, I bowed, and turning to go, abstracted the ring from the vanity bag which Miss, Kernochan had placed again upon the table. Oh, I was still an amateur in those days. Also, I. was too confident in my own wit, and too given to contemptuous appraisal of the wit of others. For, just as we reached the door, Vantine said: "I think we'd better search you once again, Ainsley." I suppose I went white. I should have known that no one but an utter fool would have permitted me to de- part so easily, and Vantine read my horror. He turned to his fiancee. "If you'll leave us again, Alice, we'll search this man." "But you have searched hint," she said, bewildered. (To be continued.) Minard's Llnimentfor farting hair. Britain Perfecting First Submarine Plane Carrier While• discussion continues in this country regarding the problem of sur- face craft as airplane carriers, suc- cessful experiments are being made in England to perfect the first submar- ine airplane carrier. Although experimentation has been going on for nearly two years on this unique problem, the first pictures showing the work which has been ac- complished to date have just reached this country. The Bfitish'Navy has converted the M-2, one of her older submarines, into an aircraft carrier. The admiralty's view on the problem was that an air- plane is merely another weapon and in the case of the M-2 is an addition to her gunnery equipment. The housing problem for the plane, while the submarine is submerged', is one in the construction work which gave the ,most difficulty. The plane is housed under the forepart of the conning tower construction, and the "hangar door" is a specially built roll - type door of light metal construction. A crane is mounted atop the turret for hauling the aircraft aboard after a landing. The take off is made from a catapult erected on the forward deck of the submersible, Sales made in 1927 by the Manitoba Cooperative Poultry Marketing As. sedation amounted to $767,926. Women show more taste in their clothes now than they used to -and that isn't all, Corrugated Galvanized STEL ROOFING Direct from Manufacturers to Consumer. WRITE FOR PRICES., W. F. DILLON CO,,'Limited 189 - 191 George St. Toronto FOR SMART OCCASIONS. A delightful printed Pussy Willow silk dress, with fashionable tiered skirt, that can be worn for street, yet is dainty enough for any smart after- noon. The long -waisted bodice with square neckline and applied bands forming deep V at front, of plain harmonizing silk create, slenderize the figure. Design No. 807 is attractive and serviceable, made of wool crepe, two surfaces of crepe satin or geor- gettepPattern crepe. is obtainable in sizes 16, 18 and 20 years, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust measure. Size 86 requires 4% yards of 40 -inch ma- terial with 341 yards of 1e -inch rib- bon. Price 20c the pattern. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your 'name and address plain. ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. Patterns sent by return mail. He -"You say you are making me a necktie out of one of your old skirts?" She -"No, silly. I'm making, me a skirt out of one of your old neckties." Italy Movie Mad - All Italy is movie read. They know as much about Gloria Swanson, Tom Mix, Harold Lloyd, and the Del Rio as we do. At least half the personable girls in the country have been told that they look "just like Pola Negri," Aima Rubens or Nita Nardi," and half the young men cherish the secret no- tion that, given half a chance, they could flutter more feminine hearts than Valentino or Jack Gilbert. -From Delineator. • A wrong -doer is often a manthat has left something undone, not al- ways be that has clone' something. - Marcus Aurelius. 9 rI CaliAKa4a ISTANDARD Or QUALITY FOR OVER 50 -WARS,; 111)11E -BAKED BREAD IS. BEST;,QrALL Chic .New Brims The 'tiny, severe skullcap which was so universeolly popular for a long while has undergone modifications, so: that, although it has not entirely disappear- ed, being worn still by very young girls, it has alteredenough to follow fashior'a trend for greater femininity. Undoubtedly the skullcap was artistic In that it followed the line of the head and allowed only simplicity in trim- ming, but, on the whole, the lines were too uncompromising and severe to be- come the matron. The adjective most aptly applied to it was "smart," which was synonymous with simple„but sim- plicity Is giving way to intricacy, and to -day women would. far rather step ftp to the boundary line of beauty - and over it. Soft materials and lines in frocks and hats bring out the charm and grace of face and figure, and it has become the fashion to look as beautiful as one can. The innovation of the brim comes from Agnes of Paris, who is sponsor- ing it more than the other designers. She uses a headband of ivory satin on a hat in black jersey -straw, adds a wide brim to the ballibuntl cloche of the young girl and trims it simply with a black grosgrain band. On other models she catches the strip of ballibuntl that crosses the front of a shiny black satin toque, featuring, with an elaborate ornament, the long side effect that droops clbse to the face. Felt hats are changed by using two- tone felt in becoming colors and hav- ing a swirl come to a point in the front of the hat and extend down over in it is eros d high a ae theear. Ora g g , on one side and low on the other. This crown effect Is worked out bet- ter with one stiffmaterial, such as satin used with soft felt. .Silk may felt; ballibuntl with felt and satin. • be used with satin; jersey -straw with Reboux features the hat with brim, but makes it like the little turn -up one on a child's hat. Tlie hats,. as a rule ,are still the skullcap type, de- veloped in a combination of the new popular ballibuntl, made up in a mod- ernistic design with some other ma- terial, and- having a sharp, turn -up brim. It has become the vogue to wear the semi-precious stones for color ac- cent on the pateel frock. Yellow to- paz, turquoise, amethyst, all the stones that are genuine but not of the first water, are used as bracelets, long necklaces and chokers. The deep brown carnelian, the sea -blue lapis lazuli, the cloud -pink rose quartz all gleam in relief against dark frocks. On hats, also, the jeweled ornaments stoll continue to be used, and further elaboration is seen in the hats com- posed of tiny flowers or feathers, or even those with wisps of costly veils. Fashion has tipped its favor from the tiny, mannish hat to the excessively feminine one, but for the majority of women the moderate hat, neither too severe nor too elaborate, will be the safest tribute to fashion, as well as the most becoming style. The establishment of town forests -which, in time, will pay town taxes -1s paradoxically leading many com- munities out of the woods by putting them in the woods. Driving Hints Making a turn on a street that le somewhat cramped means a bit of manoeuvring, but it need not be the problem most drivers make It. Nine people of of ten awing around until they come to the opposite curb and r centre of the then back up toward the cen thoroughfare in order to dut the Wheels around a little more and' com- plete the turn. Doing the job this way means backing into moving traffic and trying to see what's behind. A' much more logical way to do the job is to start to turn and then, cutting the wheels 1n the opposite direction, back to the curb again. When the coast is clear the car is ready to go ahead, making the complete turn without fur- ther fussing. This is the season of muddy de- tours. Use the best tires with the roughest treds on the` rear wheels to give the best traction, but when sum- mer .comes and you are hitting It up on the highways switch the strongest tires to the front wheels. Front - wheel the trouble at high speed is dangerous. This may save you a bad spill if you are a speed artist. Have you everthought of lightly setting the emergency brakes when the rear, wheels won't take hold in the mud? This cuts down the wheel speed and makes for a steadier pull in the mire. Don't use the service brake for this purpose, if your car carries four-wheel brakes. It will de- feat your purpose to have tate front wlieela holding the car back. Don't forget the warning against riding with the"foot on the clutch pedal. A reliable antiseptic -MI -nerd's. Mines Contribute Over Four Billion ' The aggregate value of Canada's mineral output during the forty years from 1888, when comprehensive static, tics 0n the subject were first com- piled, to 1926 reached the impressive figure of $4,013,618,027. -.; "Whist w111 the modern girl be twenty years -from now?” "Oh, about three year's order;' DON'T suffer headaches, or any of those pains a tablet of Aspirin can end in a hurry 1 Physicians prescribe it, and approve its free use, for it does not affect the heart. Every drug- gist has it, but don't fail to ask the druggist for Bayer. And don't take any but the tablets that are stamped with the "Bayer. Cross." The Harley-Davidson Single Cylinder Motorcycle is the greatest little ma- chine that bas been made. Safe to ride, easy to control, and most • coon °Mical. Stands without a rival. 100 Miles to Gallon of Gasoline. Down Payment $105, Balance $22 per month for ten months. Price $306. Walter Andrews, Limited, 348 Yong° St„ Toronto, Ont. ----:,.4:.;4 Aeplrin --, l, the trade mark . (reegRistered In oanadal ndicatina sayer Manufacture. while it Is well known that Aspirin means sayyer mann. factnro to seams the publl0 aaainst Imlt,nsyc. kbo Tablets will ho st¢myod with tads °ewer Oros," hada 5501g. Of course, he's always hungry for delicious, wholesome, satisfying les ay cPPe,nlment FIG their Ewell nckr tbaOaucrnor-G,e,.1eed Tempting morsels of golden brown biscuit, gen- V/8Cd *tet{Willioadon erou,ly filled with genuine Smyrna fig jam — absolutely pure. In the store dr on the 'phone, always ask. for tidies Biscuits ofweer, y -e /85,3 fre°a11111•11, 41.101.171111611151f01611111110,, Prize Diamonds are Found in Narnaqu i1and No Digging Necessary to Get Orange River Stones, Worth about $2,� 500,000 Cape Town. -Diamonds more beau-' tiful than anything the world has seen will be sent to the cotters in Europe when tite official ban on the new areas in Namaqualand' is removed. These rich patches of gravel near the mouth of the Orange River al- ready have yielded stones worth near- ly 02,000,000, and the surface has been only scratched, A Cabinet minister recently spent an hour picking up stones on a`elaim. There was no la- borious digging or washing. He col- lected everything that looked like -a diamond, and when his finds were sorted their value was estimated at 030,000. CLAIMS CAREFULLY GUARDED In size purity and quality the Na , maqualand stones compare favorably with the historic finds of the past, Very few people have been allowed to see them. The claims at the mouth of the Orange River aro being guardL ed, but the territory is so large that it has been impossible to prevent raids. The raiders make swift motor -car dashes from the alluvial diggings in the Transvaal across the lonely veld to Namaqualand. They seem to know exactly where to search, and they rush their finds back to their own claims,. where they are able to "discover" and register them without danger of being` caught, It is strange that these new dia- mond fields, containing the richest hoard in the world, should have escap- ed the shovels of prospectors for so many years: The late Fred C. Cornell, author and prospector, who knew: the myster- ious territory south of the Orange River better than any other explorer of his time, followed the legendary gleam of diamonds in the desert sand for years without success. In his books and articles he predicted that vast quantities of diamonds, washed down toward the mouth of the river from inland diamond pipes, would one day be discovered. And now, after his death, the stories which the primitive Hottentots of the Richtersveld told hint have at last come true. STONES TINGED WITH BLUE Diamonds also have been found en the islands off the coast to the north of the Orange River. Many scientists believe that all the coast diamonds originate in a "parent rock" on the bed of the ocean and that they work their way through . submarine pipes into the gravel of the seashore. Among the Namaqualand finds are some colored stones. Ona is . a rare type tinged with blue, like the notorj- ously unlucky Hope diamond, and probably is worth thousands of pounds. Many of the stones are so exquisite in quality that they have the appearance of cut diamonds, though. they have not been touched by any in- strument. Not since the early days of Kimber- ley has there been a more romantic or sensational discovery of diamonds in South Africa. Viscount Cecil on Security 1 "At Locarno we gave an absolute guarantee to defend both France and Germany against aggression by the other. Nor did we get any disarma- ment in exchange. Obviously we cannot extend that policy any fur- ther," writes Viscount Cecil in the Sunday Times. "But what about collective guaran- tees? Are they really so unthinkable as -some say? Why should we not be ready to take our share and not more than our share of a general European guarantee against aggression in re- turn for a substantial measure of dis- armament. After all, would such an undertaking make much difference in our actual liabilities? "In any serious disturbance of Euro- pean peace we shall probably be in- volved -we shall certainly be affect- ed. is it not better that if we have to fight in such a quarrel we should .�'. have the help of all other peace -loving European States? Moreover, if the system of collective guarantees of peace already in part established' by the League of Nations were perfected and accomplished by general disarma- ment, the probability of our ever hay • - ing to fight would be enormously ro-. duced. "Anyhow, the matter is well worth thinking about. A slight paper in- crease of our liabilities which brought a great increase of real security might be a very profitable transaction for tis. A war -free Europe -how' much is that worth to us, materially and mor- ally?" Will Repr=esent Canada at Rome; jean Deify, professes' at the -Gni-, varsity of Isfoutreal, juridical coni-, senor .of the Deparemeut of Foreign Affairs, is on Ida way to Rosie, .where he will represent the Canadian Gov-, ernment at the Copyright Convention. i It is said, in well-iuforined circles, that Professor Desy, or. his return,, I will be. appointed counsellor at the, Canadian Legation in Nairn, •